Samuel is my great great grandfather - his wife's family record is in my possession and it Specifically states,...."his body was taken by wagon to Salt Lake to the city cemetery for burial...."
LDS Church records also reflect that Samuel Driggs was buried at Salt Lake City on 18 January, 1854.
Because of incomplete cemetery records and the passing of time, no grave location has been discovered and no gravestone remains as of 2019.
Samuel is a son of Hannah Ford and Urial Driggs. He married Elizabeth Ann Taylor 4 October 1840 at Mount Hope, Adams, Illinois.
They, along with children Louisa, Hannah May, Mariah, and Jane traveled with the Milo Andrus Company of wagons carrying LDS Church members to the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory.
There were 51 wagons and 206 persons in their group which left Kanesville (now Council Bluffs), Iowa on 3 June 1850. The captain reported that they only had one death during their journey and that was of a stranger, a "gold digger" on his way to California.
The captain, Milo Andrus, also reported to Apostle Orson Hyde that in addition they had 9 horses, 6 mules, 184 oxen, 122 cows, 46 sheep, 6 yearlings [steers], 19 dogs, 1 pig and 2 ducks. It was reported that Samuel had 1 wagon, 4 oxen, 4 cows, 19 sheep and a total of 7 souls - since they were friends with the Steed family, it is probable that one of their children traveled with the Driggs.
They arrived in the valley 30 August 1850 and took up a tract of land north of the "cottonwoods", which would later be known as "cherry hill", east, along the mountain road above present day Kaysville, Davis County.
They began to farm and made a nice homestead; their last child, Amasa, a son was born there 7 April 1852. Samuel was a good father and husband and highly esteemed by his neighbors. He served as water master and a school trustee; he held the office of Seventy in the LDS Church.
He died 16 January 1854, at his Kaysville farm, and was taken to Salt Lake City on the 18th for burial in the City Cemetery.
LDS Church records also reflect that Samuel Driggs was buried at Salt Lake City on 18 January, 1854.
Because of incomplete cemetery records and the passing of time, no grave location has been discovered and no gravestone remains as of 2019.
Samuel is a son of Hannah Ford and Urial Driggs. He married Elizabeth Ann Taylor 4 October 1840 at Mount Hope, Adams, Illinois.
They, along with children Louisa, Hannah May, Mariah, and Jane traveled with the Milo Andrus Company of wagons carrying LDS Church members to the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory.
There were 51 wagons and 206 persons in their group which left Kanesville (now Council Bluffs), Iowa on 3 June 1850. The captain reported that they only had one death during their journey and that was of a stranger, a "gold digger" on his way to California.
The captain, Milo Andrus, also reported to Apostle Orson Hyde that in addition they had 9 horses, 6 mules, 184 oxen, 122 cows, 46 sheep, 6 yearlings [steers], 19 dogs, 1 pig and 2 ducks. It was reported that Samuel had 1 wagon, 4 oxen, 4 cows, 19 sheep and a total of 7 souls - since they were friends with the Steed family, it is probable that one of their children traveled with the Driggs.
They arrived in the valley 30 August 1850 and took up a tract of land north of the "cottonwoods", which would later be known as "cherry hill", east, along the mountain road above present day Kaysville, Davis County.
They began to farm and made a nice homestead; their last child, Amasa, a son was born there 7 April 1852. Samuel was a good father and husband and highly esteemed by his neighbors. He served as water master and a school trustee; he held the office of Seventy in the LDS Church.
He died 16 January 1854, at his Kaysville farm, and was taken to Salt Lake City on the 18th for burial in the City Cemetery.
Samuel is my great great grandfather - his wife's family record is in my possession and it Specifically states,...."his body was taken by wagon to Salt Lake to the city cemetery for burial...."
LDS Church records also reflect that Samuel Driggs was buried at Salt Lake City on 18 January, 1854.
Because of incomplete cemetery records and the passing of time, no grave location has been discovered and no gravestone remains as of 2019.
Samuel is a son of Hannah Ford and Urial Driggs. He married Elizabeth Ann Taylor 4 October 1840 at Mount Hope, Adams, Illinois.
They, along with children Louisa, Hannah May, Mariah, and Jane traveled with the Milo Andrus Company of wagons carrying LDS Church members to the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory.
There were 51 wagons and 206 persons in their group which left Kanesville (now Council Bluffs), Iowa on 3 June 1850. The captain reported that they only had one death during their journey and that was of a stranger, a "gold digger" on his way to California.
The captain, Milo Andrus, also reported to Apostle Orson Hyde that in addition they had 9 horses, 6 mules, 184 oxen, 122 cows, 46 sheep, 6 yearlings [steers], 19 dogs, 1 pig and 2 ducks. It was reported that Samuel had 1 wagon, 4 oxen, 4 cows, 19 sheep and a total of 7 souls - since they were friends with the Steed family, it is probable that one of their children traveled with the Driggs.
They arrived in the valley 30 August 1850 and took up a tract of land north of the "cottonwoods", which would later be known as "cherry hill", east, along the mountain road above present day Kaysville, Davis County.
They began to farm and made a nice homestead; their last child, Amasa, a son was born there 7 April 1852. Samuel was a good father and husband and highly esteemed by his neighbors. He served as water master and a school trustee; he held the office of Seventy in the LDS Church.
He died 16 January 1854, at his Kaysville farm, and was taken to Salt Lake City on the 18th for burial in the City Cemetery.
LDS Church records also reflect that Samuel Driggs was buried at Salt Lake City on 18 January, 1854.
Because of incomplete cemetery records and the passing of time, no grave location has been discovered and no gravestone remains as of 2019.
Samuel is a son of Hannah Ford and Urial Driggs. He married Elizabeth Ann Taylor 4 October 1840 at Mount Hope, Adams, Illinois.
They, along with children Louisa, Hannah May, Mariah, and Jane traveled with the Milo Andrus Company of wagons carrying LDS Church members to the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory.
There were 51 wagons and 206 persons in their group which left Kanesville (now Council Bluffs), Iowa on 3 June 1850. The captain reported that they only had one death during their journey and that was of a stranger, a "gold digger" on his way to California.
The captain, Milo Andrus, also reported to Apostle Orson Hyde that in addition they had 9 horses, 6 mules, 184 oxen, 122 cows, 46 sheep, 6 yearlings [steers], 19 dogs, 1 pig and 2 ducks. It was reported that Samuel had 1 wagon, 4 oxen, 4 cows, 19 sheep and a total of 7 souls - since they were friends with the Steed family, it is probable that one of their children traveled with the Driggs.
They arrived in the valley 30 August 1850 and took up a tract of land north of the "cottonwoods", which would later be known as "cherry hill", east, along the mountain road above present day Kaysville, Davis County.
They began to farm and made a nice homestead; their last child, Amasa, a son was born there 7 April 1852. Samuel was a good father and husband and highly esteemed by his neighbors. He served as water master and a school trustee; he held the office of Seventy in the LDS Church.
He died 16 January 1854, at his Kaysville farm, and was taken to Salt Lake City on the 18th for burial in the City Cemetery.
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